Friday, May 13th (4-6pm) & Saturday May 14 (9 - noon)
Where: Maine East High School (Dee & Dempster parking lot)
What: 50 species of native wildflowers, grasses, and sedges!
What: 50 species of native wildflowers, grasses, and sedges!
- $4 each - individual 2.5" x 3.5" deep pots (plants grown by Agrecol)
- Native plant gardeners available for design consult at pickup
- All proceeds to benefit Maine East High School Ecology Club (new signage on our 1-acre oak savanna and butterfly garden)
- With the help of Go Green Park Ridge - thank you!
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Plant List - full or part sun: (Click each to see images)
Shorter (1-2 ft) Prairie Smoke (Spring blooming) Wild Petunia (June - Aug) Nodding Pink Onion (July - Aug) Butterfly Milkweed (June - Aug) Whorled Milkweed (July - Sept) Spider Milkweed (May - June) Purple Prairie Clover (July - Sep., protect from bunnies!) White Prairie Clover (July - Sep, protect from bunnies!) Aromatic Aster (Aug - Nov) Big-leaved Aster (Aug - Sept) Pasque Flower (April - May) Mistflower (Sept - Oct, will spread easily. so take caution) Blue Flag Iris (May - July, likes wet soil) Prairie Dropseed Med Height (3-4 ft) Blue Wild Indigo (June - July) Swamp Milkweed (July - Aug; likes wet soil) Showy Black-eyed Susan (Aug - Sep) Ohio Spiderwort (May - July) Wild Bergamot (July - Sep) Smooth Penstemon (June - July) Rattlesnake Master (July - Sep) Great Blue Lobelia (July - Oct; likes wet soil) Royal Catchfly (June - Aug) Rough Blazing Star (July - Sep) Sneezeweed (Aug - Oct, likes wet soil) Lead Plant (June - Aug) Purple Coneflower (July - Sep) Wild Quinine (June - Sep) Joe Pye Weed (July - Sep; 3-5'; likes wet soil) Obedient Plant (Aug - Sept) Little Bluestem Virginia Wild Rye |
Taller (5+ ft) Culver's Root (June - Aug) New England Aster (Aug - Oct) Turtlehead (July - Sept, likes wet soil) Marsh Blazing Star (July - Sep, likes wet soil) Showy Goldenrod (Sept - Nov) Switchgrass Indiangrass |
Plant List - can take full shade: (Click each to see images)
Wild Columbine (April - June)
Jacob's Ladder (April - june)
Zigzag Goldenrod (Aug - Oct)
Wild Geranium (April - July)
Wild Columbine (April - June)
Jacob's Ladder (April - june)
Zigzag Goldenrod (Aug - Oct)
Wild Geranium (April - July)
Sedges:
Carex bicknellii
Carex brevior
Carex sprengelii
Carex vulpinoidea (likes moist - wet soil)
Carex bicknellii
Carex brevior
Carex sprengelii
Carex vulpinoidea (likes moist - wet soil)
Why incorporate natives?
"The choices we make as gardeners can profoundly impact the diversity of life in our yards, towns, and on our planet... Everyone can welcome more wildlife into their yards just by planting a few native plants." Doug Tallamy, Bringing Nature Home
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The first part of this video provides fascinating information about insect specialists and their importance in our society. |
Are you interested in knowing where to find these native flowers in bloom in the wild? Photographer Mike McDonald and his scouts around Chicago can guide you at ChicagoNatureNOW!
